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Sunday, September 28, 2014

EASY 98.1 PAUL McCARTNEY PARTY BEFORE THE SHOW TONIGHT, September 28, 2014.

San Diego, CA – Lincoln Financial Media adult contemporary station KIFM (98.1 FM) will host a “Paul McCartney Pre-Party” at Southpaw Social Club on J. street and 8th Ave. right next to Petco Park Stadium, before the show this evening, September 28, 2014.

KIFM will Broadcast LIVE from the Social Club, while guests enjoy drink specials like “Let it Blueberry” and “Spicy Sgt. Pepper,” a Paul McCartney commemorative photo opportunity and music from Beatles Tribute Band, HELP!.

John & Tammy got a call from a listener
Kate who was telling them what a great time they had at the Jason
Aldean concert~~and mentioned that they found a man's wedding ring.

John
and Tammy aired the call and, off air, got some very specific information about
the ring. About 30 minutes later I'm sitting in my office and I get a
call from "Pamela" who says a friend heard John and Tammy talking
with someone on air about finding a wedding ring and her husband had lost his
at the show. Got her number, Morning show called Kate and Pamela live on
the air (well, taped!!) and asked Pamela to describe the ring and the
inscription inside.

She said it was gold band, square diamond
with the inscription "all my love" written inside. Perfect
match!

Friday, September 26, 2014

LOS ANGELES, September 25, 2014 – The Johnjay & Rich Show’s Kyle and her husband Scott Fisher welcomed a baby girl to the world on Monday, September 22, 2014. Mom and baby Addison, who weighed in at 6 lbs. 15 oz., are doing great.

“Kyle’s baby is so cute and she’s a beautiful spitting image of her mamma,” stated Rich Berra, co-host of The Johnjay & Rich Show. “We couldn’t be happier. Between the three of us, we now have seven children. Wait, that doesn’t mean we’re the father. We’re not…it’s Scott…he works in the room next to us. We’re still very excited, and Addison already has a Johnjay & Richonesie – we are all about the branding.”

Pictured: A first family photo of Kyle, Scott and Addison.

About The Johnjay & Rich Show

Airing Monday through Friday in San Diego on 100.7 JackFM from 3p - 7p (pst). The Johnjay & Rich Show is a non-stop blend of pop culture, news and events, welcoming a wide range of music artists, newsmakers and celebrities. Joined on-air by Kyle, the show is a special brand of “reality radio,” with listeners engaged and interacting with the crew via every form of social media - Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, email and text messaging. Their style means humor comes from any and every direction. For more information or to find a station in your area, visit www.johnjayandrich.com. The program is also available iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s industry-leading digital radio service.

By Joe Nelson
You may have noticed that SanDiegoRadio has been very quiet lately, there are two reasons for that. The first is very simple. Radio is in a slow time right now. That makes the second reason a little bit easier for me. Second reason is my mom has been in declining health and on Monday was placed on hospice.

Joe Nelson, Carol Nelson

It is a very difficult time for me and my family. The last couple weeks have been agonizing and emotional to say the least. With the hospital visits and decisions to be made, plus keeping my kids on an even keel, it's been overwhelming.
I will still continue to give it all I can, it definitely helps when you send me material, but for now, researching on my own will be too difficult for a bit.
I will still continue the monthly SanDiegoRadio Spotlight, breaking news will ALWAYS be here, and am really trying to unveil a new feature to SanDiegoRadio very soon.

Thanks to all those who have reached out, you are all close friends to me. It is especially important during times like this.

Friday, September 19, 2014

San Diego, CA – Lincoln Financial Media adult contemporary station KIFM (98.1 FM)
announced the addition of popular nationally-syndicated personality Delilah to its
weeknight lineup.

The top-rated show features Delilah's blend of story-telling, sympathetic listening and
encouragement - all scored with Easy 98.1's musical artists. Often referred to as the
"Oprah of Radio," Delilah attracts millions of listeners on more than 150 radio stations,
making her the most listened-to woman on radio in the U.S.

"Easy 98.1 has become a top station for at-work listening and now we want to allow our
fans to connect with Delilah when they're unwinding at night," said Mike Vasquez, KIFM
Program Director. "Her positive and authentic approach is compelling and comfortable,
making her show the perfect addition to our on-air lineup."
Delilah airs from 6 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday, beginning September 22.

Monday, September 15, 2014

By Joe Nelson
Last week I suggested if anyone would like to write a guest column expressing their views or ideas on radio, they can have this forum. Here is the first.

David Tanny

There has been a longtime absence of funny music as a regular genre on the San Diego airwaves. The exceptions are when sometimes they can be found on some of the morning drive time shows or on some of the AM talkers such asRush Limbaugh (where Paul Shanklin's satirical works can be heard). Yes, we can sometimes hear the funny songs during those times if we're lucky, but how about thinking ofplaying them during the other day part hours such as middays and afternoon drive and on the FM side of the dial. Since about 1997, I've been experiencing the evolution of funny music since the Internet became the placewhere new and emerging funny music artists can be discovered at the same time that commercial radio hasdecided to take far fewer chances on funny music as a regular part of their playlists. The lyrics are smart,make commentaries on geek culture, and make satirical jabs at pop music artists and other figures just to namethree. A whole culture of funny music has evolved over the past two years mostly on the Internet-only side.There's a 24/7 stream called dementiaradio.org that plays funny music. There's The Fump at fump.comthat features almost 2,000 funny songs you can stream and buy featuring some of the biggest namesin the genre of funny music, aka dementia, named for Dr. Demento (found at drdemento.com). There's even a weekly Top 20 survey that counts down the most popular funny songs of the week,and it's been on since January of 2005 when yours truly created The Dementia Top 20, programmed, and hosted it until 2007 when I retired, and its successor, DJ Particle, has been running the DT20 since then; it's now part of her own show as "Mad Music Top 20 Revenge" where she plays most of the newer funny songs and counts down the Top 20. Lastly, but now least, there's another website run by Captain Wayne called madmusic.com wherelisteners can stream over 1,600 episodes of funny music shows on demand. With all of this rich amount of funny music totaling into the low tens of thousands of recordings asof 2015, as 24 hour funny music format for broadcast radio should be considered as at least an offeringon an HD2 or HD3 sub-channel to test the idea out (also made available on streams via the station'swebsites), and if they prove popular, they can graduate onto a main HD1 (and analog) channel. With geek culture a part of everybody's lives, and there's no sign of Comic Con, Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, cosplaying, and others fading away anytime soon, radio should takea chance on a 24/7 funny music format. The listeners buy the same things non-geeks buy: cars,insurance, etc. etc. Dementia. The final frontier. What radio station could go where no other has gone before?
Thanks for this, David.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

By Joe Nelson
Monday night marked the beginning of the Chargers 2014 football season. There were a few radio personalities out around town, I went to Sycuan Casino where in addition to the football game, Sycuan was hosting an autograph session with several players from the Bolts' past.

While 1090's Scott and BR were broadcasting from the Game Day Sports Bar, the other players shook hands and posed for photos while DSC's Cookie Chainsaw Randolph was the emcee.

Following Scott and BR's show, Billy Ray Smith joined the other players and Scott emceed the remainder of the event.

After the autograph session concluded, the group moved to the Sports Bar and enjoyed dinner while watching the Chargers game.
A special thanks goes to Scott Kaplan for inviting me to the dinner. It was very surreal being surrounded by the players I grew up watching, including a Hall Of Famer in Charlie Joiner. It was great hearing their takes on the plays on the TV, and hearing stories of their playing days. Thanks Scott!

Monday, September 8, 2014

By Joe NelsonBobby Rich, formerly of the 'Rich Brothers' here in San Diego, now in Tucson, AZ had some stern words directed toward Linda Ronstadt. Ronstadt recently fired some barbs at the desert city shortly after Tucson was voted #3 out of 100 for "The Most Caring Cities".

Bobby took Ronstadt to task on the following YouTube message which also aired on his morning show 94/9 Mix FM.

Saturday, September 6, 2014

By Joe Nelson
While this may not be entirely radio related, it is a part of my life so I think that counts, right?

I had the opportunity to have coffee with Andy Strasberg and discuss my favorite sport, baseball. But it was so much more than that. This man is one of the most intelligent, kind, and generous men around.
Andy worked for the San Diego Padres for 22 years in various roles, most notably marketing.
Growing up a Padres fan, I attended several events around town. It seems each event I told Andy about, he told me that was his idea. I thought that was great! The two events I remember most were being a Jr. Padre, and my mom taking me to The Murph and meeting players like Dravecky and Garvey. My mom enjoyed it too because she really liked Terry Kennedy.

Dick Williams

Eric Show

Steve Garvey

Terry Kennedy

Another event Andy thought up was incredible, mom and I went downtown and standing at the top of a hi-rise building was Kennedy, on the street, surrounded by hundreds of fans was Kurt Bevacqua with a catcher's mitt and NO facemask. Kennedy was dropping baseballs for Bevacqua to catch. See my media partner Gaslamp Ball HERE for a GIF on this fun afternoon.
Andy now has written two books, "Baseball Fantography" and "Fantography - San Diego Baseball".

I do recommend these books, if you are interested, please reach out to Andy on Facebook.

Andy was also friends with MLB great Roger Maris, and still is very close to the Maris family.

Andy with Roger Maris

Andy thanks for your time, and thanks especially for those great memories through the years! I am proud I can now call you 'friend'.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

ROCK 105.3's Eddie Pappani contacted SanDiegoRadio announcing his morning program, "The Show" has been extended three more years.

Eddie tells SanDiegoRadio "I am super stoked to have this deal done. KIOZ has been my home for a decade and I couldn't be happier to stay. We have really built a following and want to continue to grow with them. Plus free Chargers tickets."

Ashlee tells us "I am beyond thrilled and grateful to be working with these silly goofs for 3 more years!!! Clear Channel has been so good to me for the past 11 years, better than any of my ex-boyfriends EVER have... I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world!"

Sky said "I am thrilled that The Show has signed a multi-year deal with KIOZ. The city of San Diego can rest well knowing that I will continue to keep you up to date each morning on all the latest news with my lack of journalistic skills and inability to pronounce most words! It's really a win-win for all involved."

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

By Joe Nelson
This morning, major changes and additions were announced at FOX 5 News.

FOX 5 San Diego will now have 10 1/2 hours of news programming on the air beginning September 8th. There will be two new shows.

Weekdays:

1PM will be anchored by Erica Fox and Andrew Luria, with Jason Handman on weather. *New Show*

4PM will be anchored by Jenn Karlman and Andrew Luria, with Aloha Taylor on weather.

5PM will be anchored by Jenn Karlman and Andrew Luria, with Aloha Taylor on weather.

6PM and 10PM will be anchored by Kathleen Bade and Phil Blauer, with Aloha Taylor on weather.

Weekends:

5PM and 10PM will be anchored by Misha Dibono and Brad Wills on weather.

One more new show, "Fox 5 Sports Final" will air nightly for 15 minutes. It will be a wrap-up show with highlights, interviews, features, and analysis. It will be anchored by Troy Hirsch and Jordan Whitley. Each will be anchoring it on different nights.

Monday, September 1, 2014

By Joe NelsonGary Lee (KSON) e-mailed me and asked that I run this, of course I will!

My daughters, granddaughters and I are once again participating in AIDS Walk & Run San Diego. This year's event will be Saturday, September 27th. As always, we will be walking in memory of my brother, Stan. I promised my brother that I would do everything I could to make sure others don't suffer like he did. Please help support my efforts to raise money for critical services for those living with HIV and AIDS across San Diego County.

If you can help out with a donation, it would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to join our team, we'd love to have you on board.